Boris Johnson declares £1.3m earnings
London mayor calls on candidates to disclose all tax details as Ken Livingstone reveals £125,500 payment in dividendsBoris Johnson earned just short of £900,000 from his freelance work on top of his...
View ArticleDrugs not best option for people at risk of psychosis, study warns
Counselling and therapies effective in treating psychotic experiences that can lead to conditions such as schizophreniaAnti-psychotic medicine should not be the first option offered to people at risk...
View ArticleLulzSec hacker pleads guilty
Cody Kretsinger, 24, faces jail after admitting in plea bargain to breaching Sony Pictures website and stealing namesLulzSec hacker Cody Kretsinger has pleaded guilty to charges of taking part in an...
View ArticleGood Friday 2012: when the line is crossed | Editorial
The insecure economic world is back with us again, half a century after we thought we had made its return impossibleThe Italian-American writer Pietro di Donato's short story Christ in Concrete first...
View ArticleDamien Hirst: the artist we deserve | Editorial
Hirst's preoccupations – purposeless, plutocratic, even pharmaceutical – are the preoccupations of our ageIt is not hard to run the argument that Damien Hirst's A-level art grade E was well-earned....
View ArticleAlex McLeish confident Aston Villa will spare him unwanted double
• Scot in charge of relegated Birmingham City last season• Villa travel to Liverpool with one win in eight league games Alex McLeish has admitted that Aston Villa are fighting for survival but the Scot...
View ArticleIn praise of … Kathleen Ferrier | Editorial
The Lancashire contralto was the most beautiful of all English singers of her time, beautiful of voice and musical expressionA century after her birth in April 1912 and now nearly 60 years after her...
View ArticleRory McIlroy holds nerve after double bogey awakes 2011 Masters memories
• Northern Irishman shoots 71 after double bogey at 1st• 'My patience paid off, I didn't try to force it'Rory McIlroy began the Masters of 2012 as he had ended it a year earlier. Which, suffice to say,...
View ArticleMasters 2012: Lee Westwood seizes lead role to overshadow Tiger Woods
• Englishman holds one-shot lead after five-under 67• Tiger Wood level par, Rory McIlroy one-underJust another mundane Thursday at the Masters, a day of lost balls, penalty shots, a scorecard cock-up...
View ArticleThe Church of England needs its own rebirth
As parishes prepare for Easter, what can the organisation do to restore faith in a church losing touch with its people?Last Friday, a bishop wrote something astonishing about his own church. "The...
View ArticleWhat Aardman's Pirates taught me about the evils of capitalism | Deborah Orr
Money will always be necessary. But as a measure of worth, it's extremely limited and highly corrupting – as Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists showsThere's something soul-destroying about...
View ArticleBugsy Malone screening lets families splurge
Children, and parents, revel in Future Cinema's interactive and immersive showing of classic filmDown an east London side street, a heavily made-up blonde wearing a cloche hat, figure-hugging skirt and...
View ArticleFirm sued by ministry is Tory donor
Topland accused of deceit and bribery over an alleged property scam that cost the public purse more than £20mThe Conservative party accepted a donation of £25,000 from one of Europe's biggest property...
View ArticleCyclist killed in collision with lorry
Incident happened on the A1 northbound near Blyth, NottinghamshireA cyclist has died after he was in collision with a lorry on the A1, police have said. The incident, involving a male cyclist and a...
View ArticleCity job vacancies fall along with pay
March sees 8% drop in financial jobs advertised, part of longer-term slump in sector, while average pay is 10% downJobs in the City are becoming harder to find, according to a report which found...
View ArticlePraise the Lord but not so loudly, gospel church told
Pastor of Nottingham church fined £360 after neighbours complain over amplified singing, music and preachingA gospel church was fined after neighbours complained about its noisy services, it was...
View ArticleFears of another motorbike serial killer after four shootings in Paris
Police find similarities in murders but as yet no terrorism link has been madePolice in Paris have linked a 7.65mm gun to four separate murders in the Essone area of the capital since November, raising...
View ArticleTax avoidance: UK urged to rejig Swiss tax deal for the super rich
The Treasury estimates taxes on Swiss accounts could raise £5bn for the exchequerGeorge Osborne is under pressure to increase the tax on wealthy Britons who channel their income through Switzerland...
View ArticleBanking: Taking on the 'Big Four' banks is the hardest job on the high street
The sale of 632 Lloyds Banking group's branches is intended to create a real 'challenger' in the personal account marketTime and again governments have promised to break the stranglehold of the "big...
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